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disk-core technique that allowed tool makers to produce many good flakes with little effort and then turn those flakes into a wide variety of fine tools called

archaic humans

those fossil hominins in the genus Homo found in Africa and Eurasia between about 600,000 and 30,000 years ago that reflect morphologies relatively distinct from both Homo erectus and modern humans

True of False : Despite the more complex material culture of Neanderthals, the diet remained vegetarian.

False.

what are other ways that people refer to archaic humans?

as Homo heidelbergensis and Homo neanderthalensis by some

What characteristics identified modern humans?

Brain size, teeth, and chin

blade tools

tools made from stone flakes that are at least twice as long as they are wide

When and where were the earliest anatomically modern human fossils found?

Africa, 160,000 years ago

canine fossa

the indentation on the maxilla above the canine root

Anatomically modern human fossils are about 150,000 years old. When does the material culture associated with modern humanity commonly appear in the archeological record?

Approximately 50,000 years ago

Levallois technique

type of stone tool production that supplanted the Acheulean tool kit and provided a higher quality tool that could be refined for a wide variety of uses

What did modern humans use to carve wood, ivory, and bone in order to produce durable fishhooks and needles?

Blade tools

mandibular symphysis

the point where the two halves of the mandible contact one another

What is the first indication of a communication system that allowed humans to refer to objects and topics that were not immediately present?

Symbolic expression

Mousterian industry

stone tool technology centered on a disk-core technique that represented a refinement of the Levallois technique; it allowed tool makers to produce many good flakes and turn them into a wide variety of tools

Which model of human evolution proposes that modern humans are the result of a speciation event in the late Pleistocene in Africa?

Recent African Origin model

postorbital constriction

condition in which the width across the orbits is greater than the width of the area behind them (where the frontal, temporal, and parietal bones intersect)

Which of the following is NOT a difficulty associated with the debate over modern human origins?

Newer genetic information complicates previous interpretations.

retromolar gap

space behind the last molar tooth and the mandibular ramus

Which updated model explicitly states that the speciation event took place approximately 1.7 million years ago, not 100,000 and 200,000 years ago?

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